Kukla's Korner Hockey

The winger lashed out in June while Ducks officials were at the NHL Draft, telling a New Jersey-based newspaper that the team has "shown me nothing to prove that they want me here, unfortunately."

"Obviously, it's not the ideal situation," he told the Camden Courier-Post. "When you get drafted, you want to win championships with that team and every time they look to add a piece to the puzzle, I'm the piece going the other way.

"I gotta be honest with you. At this point, I don't care. Move me ... because it's just tough going to the rink every day knowing that if something goes wrong, you're going to be the guy moved."

Ryan said he now regrets doing the interview with a reporter that his father knew while he was participating in an all-day charity golf tournament, calling it "a mistake and a slip up on my part."